Crazy Week with Awesome Football Games!!

Lee and I had a "crazy busy" week last week that ended with lots of great football games.  I was fortunate enough to have Tuesday off of work so I spent most of the day cleaning the house, getting caught up on laundry, grocery store, etc.  (I totally felt like a "housewife" for the day and LOVED it!).  We also had Lee's new intern and his mom over for dinner.  They are such great people!

Wednesday was equally busy for the both of us.  Lee worked late and didn't get home until 8:00 p.m. or so and I had a 2-hour Pi Phi meeting at the Student Union on campus until 8:00 also.  We came home, cooked dinner, cleaned the kitchen and went straight to bed!

Thursday, Guy, our friend from Baton Rouge came in for dinner and spent the night with us.  I sure love having visitors and catching up with old friends.  We are so blessed to have so many friends from all across the country.

Friday after worked I quickly grocery shopped for a few things for Saturday's "Notre Dame Watch Party" and then we went to the Stine's house for dinner and football.  It was great to meet Baby Peyton and laugh with great friends.

Saturday...."the BIG day".....we had about 8 die-hard Notre Dame fans over to the house for a Notre Dame watch party.  It was a blast even though the game didn't go the way we thought it should!!  We had burgers, chips, dips, veggies, fruit and cookies...no wonder my stomach hurt that night!  Tara and Johnny also came in from Phoenix to spend the night with us and go to the U of A game.  After the Notre Dame game ended, we hurried to the stadium to see the Wildcats beat Northern Arizona 34-17....GO CATS!

Here are a few pictures from the weekend.  This is Amy and Baby Dominic

Theresa and Dave....what would we do without them?

Johnny and Tara at the U of Game

and Lee and me with my new Wildcat jersey!

Today, Sunday, has been a great day full of church, sunday school, lunch, nap, football, working out, and resting.  We're so thankful for a day of rest to get us ready for the next week!

Labor Day Weekend

Okay, so I am officially one week behind in posting about our Labor Day weekend....sorry about that!

Lee and I had a very busy weekend and past week, but we wouldn't want it any other way!  On Friday night we actually made time to have a "date night" at Texas Roadhouse.  We had a gift certificate that paid for the whole meal and that made it much sweeter.  We came back to the house and watched a free movie on TV -- 10 Thing I Hate About You.  It had been so long since we had seen that movie that it was like watching it for the first time!  I told Lee for some reason this felt like the best date night ever....maybe because it was all pretty much free!  Who wouldn't love free date nights?

On Saturday, we lounged around the house watching the first Notre Dame game of the season....GO IRISH!!....and they won 35-0!  Then we headed up to U of A for the Arizona vs. Central Michigan game 2.5 hours early.  We had a couple of tailgates to visit and finally made it in the stadium only to have kick-off delayed an hour because of lightening.  Better safe than sorry though!  Here is a picture of us in the Stadium Club waiting for the lightening storm to pass.  Somehow it was the only picture I got for the first game.

On Sunday, we got up early and went to church and Sunday School.  I absolutely LOVE our new Sunday School class and feel so blessed by everyone in the class.  Alexis and Brandon had us over for dinner that night and we ended up chatting for 5 hours before coming home.

Monday....Labor Day....we went to Andrea and Gabe's house for the guys fantasy football draft.  Who knew how seriously guys take this?!  We had a blast and then came home to take a nap and have dinner at Chili's with the Church's.  It was TDub's birthday so it made it sweeter having dinner with them that night!

I'll try to catch up on this week when I have more time.  Everyone is fixing to come to over for the Notre Dame "watch party" and then it's onto U of A for that game.

Jordan's Visit

Last weekend Lee's friend Jordan Riedel visited us all the way from Florida!  He's such a good friend to keep up with us and visit us in all the cities we have lived.  Of course the guys did not take any pictures while Jordan was here and I was not with them most of the time so I apologize for the boring text blog in advance.

On Friday afternoon Lee drove up to Phoenix to pick up Jordan at the airport and then go to the Arizona Cardinals vs. the Green Bay Packers game.  From what I am told they had a blast and did not make it back to Tucson until 12:30 a.m.  What an exciting game ending though!  Too bad the Cardinals couldn't pull it off. 

Saturday Lee gave Jordan a tour of U of A and we met up for an In-N-Out Burger....yum!  That's the one thing Texas is missing out on but I hear there are rumors that In-N-Out maybe coming to Texas soon!! :)  The guys then went to play golf on the course that we live on.  Later that night, Tom, Lee's newest Wildcat Club staff member, come over for dinner and got to meet Jordan.  Unfortunately I was the only girl around but I had fun cooking and baking for the guys.

Sunday morning came early!  I cooked the guys breakfast and sent them off the Phoenix.  They went the the Arizona Diamondbacks vs. the Houston Astros game and then spent the afternoon (and dinner) with the Mospans before taking Jordan back to the airport.  Lee finally made it home around 10:30 p.m. or so.  I was busy most of the afternoon and evening at the Pi Beta Phi house for my monthly meeting with the alumnae council and the girls.  I love Pi Phi and being at the house always makes me want to go back to my sorority days!! :)

Hope you all are having a great week!

Congrats to My Hubs!!

Congrats to my Hubs for being University of Arizona's newest professor on staff in addition to working in the athletics department!!  Lee will be teaching the Sports Administration class in the Eller College of Management business school next summer session.  I am so PROUD of him!!

On a side note, when I found out he got the professorship, I asked him if I could take his class and he kindly responded NO but that I could grade his tests. :)

Love you Lee and am so proud to be your wife!

What a Busy Week!

We've had a busy week but I think it's only going to get busier with football starting in ONE week!!

On Monday my sweet Uncle Raymond turned 80....well maybe not sweet but he certainly is a fun great-uncle!!  Here is a picture of Uncle Raymond (2nd from the left) with my family last October.

The rest of the week was filled with Lacey's annual staff retreat, buying a hammock for the backyard, participating in the 24/7 prayer week for church, Lee playing basketball, dinner with Brent, dinner with Andrea and Gabe, getting the house cleaned, and Jordon Riedel coming into town from Florida.  More to come from Jordan's visit!

Recap of Our First Year in AZ

So, Lacey had this great idea to start a blog so that our friends and family back home can keep up with us while we're in Arizona.  13 months later...we're finally starting it!  A LOT has gone on since then, so we'll try to fill you in.  Here's a quick recap of all the crazy things that have gone on this past year (our other posts will not be this long, we promise!):

July 2008 - Lee was offered a job as the Director of Annual Giving for University of Arizona Athletics and, as much as we hated leaving our friends/family in Houston, we felt God leading us to Tucson.  We drove out here with both of our moms and arrived in Arizona (Lacey's first time EVER to the state) at the end of July.  Here's a pic from the road trip:

August 2008 - We went on a last-minute vacation to Rocky Point, Mexico and had a relaxing time before Lee started his new job.  On our way to the border, Lacey got offered a job working as the Director of Special Events for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson.  What a HUGE relief/blessing!  Check out the view from our sweet condo at Rocky Point:

September 2008 - Football season kicked off!  Took our realtor Camille and Lacey's mom to the first game of the season, with the Wildcats blowing out Idaho 70-0!!  We got to go back to Texas for the first time and were able to check out a Texas A&M game at Kyle Field with our families.  It was great to be back in College Station, where we first met.  Gig 'Em Ags!

October 2008 - Lacey's best friend Amanda came to visit!  We had a great time going to a UA football game together.  Took an unexpected trip back to Texas and celebrated Lee's 27th birthday (yeah, he's old!).  Lee got to travel to the Arizona vs. Stanford football game in California on their annual donor trip.  Here's a hilarious shot of Amanda and us in the stands - for the record, that's not our official hand sign but Lacey and Amanda think it should be!

November 2008 - We took another road trip to Los Angeles with our friends Theresa and David Church for Thanksgiving and the ND vs. USC football game (can you tell we like football??).  We almost had to eat Thanksgiving dinner at Del Taco, but that's a whole 'nother story!  We stayed with Lee's college buddy Garrett - a.k.a. "G Funk" - and had a great time.  Too bad the Irish got KILLED...

December 2008 - We closed on our first house!!!  After months of looking, we finally found our little oasis in the middle of the desert :)  After U of A's best football season in 10 years, we flew with the team to Vegas for the Las Vegas Bowl.  The Wildcats upset #23 BYU and finished the season 8-5!  Our hotel, the Venetian, was amazing.  And the best part about the trip...we didn't have to pay a dime!  There are some perks to working in college athletics ;)  Three days later, we went back to Texas for Christmas.

January 2009 - Right after New Year's, while still in Texas, we went to Lindi and Jonathan Winkler's wedding.  The next weekend we flew to San Antonio for Shannon and Jonathan Badger's wedding and then FINALLY moved into our new house (6 weeks after we closed!).  Here's a pic of us with the Badger's on their big day.

February 2009 - We got unpacked and settled in our house and Lee's parents come to visit us on Valentine's Weekend.  Two weeks later Lacey's mom and grandmother came to visit and helped put the final touches on the house.  Here's the finished product!

March 2009 ("March Madness") - Arizona advanced to the Sweet 16, we went to our first spring training game in Tucson, had our backyard installed, and went to Old Tucson Studios, where all the old western movies were filmed.  Here's what the finished backyard looks like (the plants have grown SO much now!).

April 2009 - We took another trip back to Texas for Easter.  Can you tell we miss our family, friends, and simple things like grass?  We celebrated our 4-year dating anniversary (YES that's right; we still celebrate our dating anniversary!).  We also went to Aggie Muster in Tucson with our fellow Aggie friends Theresa and David Church.

May 2009 - Lee's best friend Hernan and his wife Jennifer came to visit us all the way from New Orleans.  We went to Sedona, AZ and then to the Grand Canyon.  It was MIND-BLOWING!  Here is a picture of us during our our "off-roading" Pink Jeep Tour adventure in Sedona.

June 2009 - That was an extremely busy month for us!  Lacey's mom came to visit and took a Mother/Daughter trip to Scottsdale, Arizona and had a blast.  The next weekend we went to Phoenix to spend time with our friends Tara and Johnny "Junkyard" Mospan.  We stayed at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale and went to a Diamondbacks baseball game.  The following weekend we drove to San Diego to spend the weekend with Lee's parents on their vacation.  Finally, we celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary on June 30th!!

July 2009 - The Mospans came down to visit us from Phoenix to celebrate July 4th.  We watched the fireworks from the 1st tee on the golf course we live on.  We also took a 10-day trip back to Texas to spend time with family and friends.  We managed to hit 4 major cities in Texas, see Kristen Hillhouse get married, visit Lee's 95-year-old grandmother, have a BBQ with all of our Houston friends, visit our favorite former co-workers, spend time in Forney with Lacey's family and grandparents, play golf, and attend Lacey's grandfather's 80th birthday party.  It was a whirlwind trip, but so much fun!!

Whew....That's a lot!  God has truly blessed us during our first year here.

 

Now that you're all caught up on us, stay tuned for more adventures of Lacey and Lee in Arizona :)